AnaheimThis wigwag is now endangered...UP has been upgrading the trackdown Santa Ana St. and has set up new signals for
this location.This wigwag may have some historical interest as
it is suspectedthat it was featured in the 1922 catalogue for the
Magnetic Signal Company.Click here
for side-by-side comparison of catalogue page and contemporary viewalong with detail photos.

This wigwag stands at Santa Ana
St. and Lemon St. in Anaheim along Union Pacific (former S.P.) street trackage
on the Costa Mesa Branch. The street trackage extends for about 4 miles
and runs from West Anaheim Jct. to the Coors distributor west of Katella
Ave. This line runs through other Orange County cities finally terminating
at the Los Angeles Times printing facility in Costa Mesa. The track is used
twice daily (by the same train) to service industries along it.

Paul Krot sends in photos of this wigwag in action
in August 2000...

ColtonThis wigwag was retired in 2017 when
they removed the spur from 9th Street.

According to Clifford Prather,These two signals are located on the UP Riverside
Industrial Lead, formerly known as the Riverside Branch (SP). At one time
this was part of a parellel set of tracks, used by both SP and Pacific Electric.
Eventually one of the tracks was removed and shared by both SP and PE. The
tracks run down the middle of 9th St.

Photo by Steve Crise

Video posted on YouTube
by RTD1 -click on logo below:

9th and M Streets

Here we see the wigwag located
at 9th and M sts. This is obviously a Pacific Electric holdout...pole mounted
and chances are that banner was once painted solid red. David Coscia photo.
8/99

This one
is located at 9th and O Sts. This is a very typical SP type wigwag.It's not
too often you see them installed on the other side of the xing, but once
in a while it was done this way,perhaps for
better visibility from both directions.

Watch this wigwag in action
-Video posted by RTD1 on Youtube
- click on logo below:

Oh...how we hate to see our wigwags get modified!
But then, it beats being replaced with a set of flashers. And yes, that's
a new bell growing out of the side of it. Paul Krot sends in this photo, taken
12/99. This is the 9th and O St. wigwag.